Ronaldo and Zidane invite soccer stars to anti-poverty match
First Published: Oct 30, 2003Forty of the world's top players have been invited to join Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane in a star-studded charity match against poverty in December, the United Nations revealed.
The two Real Madrid stars will captain each of the sides in the game at Basel's St Jakob stadium on December 15, with profits from ticket sales, sponsorship and television rights going to fund anti-poverty projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Italian World Cup referee Pierluigi Collina has agreed to oversee the FIFA-backed match, the UN Development Programme said in a statement.
"We invited our colleagues and friends to be on the pitch on December 15, but we want football fans and all those who care about poverty to know that we would like to see them in the stands in Basel at 8:00 pm," Zidane said.
The France midfielder and Brazil striker are both goodwill ambassadors for UNDP.
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